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J. W. CARTER. SBONGB HOLDER PGR MUGILAGB BOTTLES.

Nb. 409,770. Patented Aug. 27. 1889..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JOHN IV. CARTER, OF NEVTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPONGE-HOLDER FOR NIUCILAGE-BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,770, dated August 27, 1889.

Application iiled October 25, 1388. Serial No. 289,124. (Model.)

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN NV. CARTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sponge-IIolders for Muf cilage and other Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingapart of this speciiication, in explaining its nature.

The inventionrelates especially to the holder for holding the mucilage-applying sponge in the mouth of the neck and the manner of attaching it to the bottle.

It further relates to various details of construction, all of which are hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in vertical section of a mucilagebottle having the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view representing one form of the holder before it is applied or attached to the bottle. Fig. 3 represents a form of holder which varies from that shown in Fig. 2 in that it is constructed to be removable from the neck of the bottle. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 illustrate details, to which reference will hereinafter be made.

In the drawings, a is the neck of the bottle or receptacle holding the mucilage or other iiuid. It has the mouth or opening a', and has formed about the neck the rib or proj ection c2. l) is the sponge, and c the holder or piece which secures the sponge within the opening or mouth of the bottle. This holder c has the cylindrical section c', of a size to tit the neck a, the top @which extends inward preferablybeyond the inner edge of the neck a, and has a hole cS and the fastening-section or base c4. This base is of a'size to iit the rib a2 and of a depth to permit its lower edge c5 to be turned, bent, drawn, or sprung upon the under surface or a portion of the under surn face of the rib co2 to fasten or secure the holder to the bottle. This section or base cl may be continuous, as represented in Fig. 2, and sub stantially straight, and afterward bent or drawn inward to iit the bead or projection a2; or it may be made as represented in Fig. 3- that is, curved to fit the bead or rib-and separated into yielding sections by means of vertical slits c7, which extend from the inner edge of the base upward sufficiently to permit each separate section of the base to yield or open horizontally, or, in other words, to act as a yielding grasping device, whereby upon the placing of the holder upon the bottle and application of pressure the base is caused to be sprung over the rib or bead a2. The sponge b is held in the neck of the bottle by being confined or clamped between the top c2 of the holder and the top a3 of the neck of the bottle, and the top c2 must bear such relation to the rib or bead a2 as to cause a suitable clamping pressure to be exerted upon the lower edge of the sponge about its base. (See Fig. l.) To assist in holding the sponge in place, there may be used also a cross-bar d, extending within o1` across the neck of the bottle below the top ci' of the holder, and a holding pin or stud d', having a head or enlargement cl2, which is passed through the sponge from its top, and is connected with the cross-bar d by means of a loop d3, formed by bending a portion of the pin or stud back upon itself. This permits the compression and necessary iiexibility of the sponge, as the pin or stud has a loose connection with the cross-bar d and is moved inward or in any other direction with the sponge.

To permit the -drip or mucilage which may eXude from the sponge upon the upper surface of the top of the holder to re-enter the bottle, the top c2 may be inclined downward toward the opening c3, as represented in Fig. l; or there may be formed a wall c8 about the sponge and top c2 by extending the sleeve c upward in relation to the top of the neck of the bottle and then downward again, as represented in Fig. 5, the top of the holder in such construction being fiat and surrounded by a vertical wall. The sponge preferably is covered when not in use by means of a protector e, the lower section c of which fits the outer surface of the upper part of the holder. (See Fig. l.)

It will be observed that the pin or stud d', passing through the sponge from its outer to its inner end, forms a small continuous passage or channel, through which the mucilage may flow and is drawn by capillary attraction, so that the insertion and use of the pin IOO also acts to increase the facility with which the mucilage is delivered by the sponge.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States l. The combination, with a bottle having a bead 0.2 near its top, ofa sponge-holder consisting of a metallic sleeve c', having an annular flange c2 at its top extending around a central opening which receives the neck of the sponge, said sleeve having at its bottom an enlarged holding section or base c4, tting over the bead of the bottle to which the holder is attached.

2. The combination,With a bottle having a bead 0,2 near its top, of a sponge-holder consisting of a metallic sleeve c', having an annular flange c2 at its top extending around a central opening which receives the neck of the sponge, said sleeve having at its bottom 2o an enlarged holding section or base c4 to lit over the bead of the bottle to which the holder is to be attached, and said base having slits to form tWo or more yielding grasping-sections to enable the said holder to be easily slipped over said bead in being applied to the bottle.

3. The combination of a sponge-holder having the opening c3 With the cross-bar d, the bottle and the pin or stud CZ, having the head d2, and a loop d3, through Which the cross-bar 3o extends, substantially as described.

JOHN WV. CARTER.

Vitnesses:

J. M. DoLAN, F. F. RAYMOND, 2d. 

